Even in Darkness She Chose to Rise (Tatiana and Jasper) novel Chapter 65

65 A Desperate Lie

Hearing footsteps, she quickly put the phone down, pretending nothing had happened.

“Jasper!”

Jasper, having just finished an emergency meeting, was surprised to see her. “When did you get here?”

“I just arrived. I made you some desserts. Try them, Jasper.”

With that, Bianca took out an insulated container and opened it, revealing a set of exquisitely shaped little pastries.

A faint smile touched his lips. “What made you suddenly decide to learn baking?”

Bianca looked shy. “If you like them, I’ll make them for you every day.”

She picked one up and held it out for him.

Jasper disliked sweets, but he didn’t want to refuse her kindness, so he took a bite.

It was cloyingly sweet.

He almost couldn’t swallow it.

“How is it? Is it good?”

He said gently, “You can leave this kind of thing to the chefs in the future. You don’t need to do it yourself. You’re not well; you shouldn’t be around all that kitchen smoke.”

Bianca beamed. “You’re so good to me.”

They chatted for a while, but for some reason, a thick sense of unease lingered in Jasper’s heart.

Several times, he reached for his phone, only to be interrupted by Bianca finding a new reason to distract

him.

“I found a set of wedding rings I really like. Why don’t you come with me to try them on? We can wear them for the wedding.”

He was suddenly reminded that there were only three days left in the divorce cooling–off period.

But an image of Tatiana’s scarred body flashed in his mind, glaring and sharp.

He pressed his lips together. Just as he was about to speak, there was a knock on the door.

“Boss! We found it! Tatiana…!”

The subordinate stopped halfway, swallowing the rest of his words when he saw Ms. Lowell was also there.

But Jasper couldn’t wait. He snapped, “Say it!”

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“Tatiana wasn’t receiving normal education at the rehab center. She was… she was being abused for four straight years!”

Crash.

He sent the cup on his desk crashing to the floor.

His handsome face looked like it was frozen over. He enunciated every word. “What did they do to her?”

The subordinate, barely able to speak, finished his report. “Whipping, solitary confinement, deprivation of food and water, electric shocks… Boss, that rehab center isn’t a normal place! It’s hell on earth!”

When the thick file was handed to Jasper, his fingers trembled slightly.

He opened it. Inside was a detailed record of every day Tatiana had spent there for four years.

The origin of every single scar on her body was in that file.

He scanned the pages, his heart tightening.

Bianca was watching from the side, her heart sinking. She couldn’t understand why Jasper had suddenly started investigating the rehab center!

And he had actually found out!

Damn it!

She moved closer, feigning innocence. “What happened?”

Jasper put the file down. “I’ll have the driver take you home.”

“Jasper!”

He strode out of the office, ignoring Bianca’s calls from behind him.

“Find her! Bring her to me!”

He felt an overwhelming urge to see her.

But… they couldn’t find her.

She wasn’t at the manor. She wasn’t at the Lowell or Steele homes. They checked the restaurant where she worked part–time and learned she had gone out to hand out flyers and never returned.

But there was no sign of her anywhere on the street,

Jasper had never felt panic before.

This was the first time.

“Find her! Now!”

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At that moment, in the warehouse, the water in the tank had already risen to her neck.

She was submerged in the icy water, shaking, her hands and feet bound. She couldn’t move, able only to tilt her head back weakly to breathe.

Bob was furious, pacing back and forth and biting his nails. “Why isn’t he replying? Impossible! He has to

care!”

Tatiana’s eyes were filled with despair.

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